[CR] "Clover leaf" spoke heads: info please

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Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:59:57 +1000
From: "allmy bikestuff" <allmybikestuff@gmail.com>
To: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: [CR] "Clover leaf" spoke heads: info please


Hi All, Apologies if this question has been asked before but I couldn't find the information in the archives. Can someone tell me the brand of DB spokes that has what I'd describe as four leaf clover pattern without the stalk, on the spoke head? Time frame is they came off a 1965 "Youngs " (English) laced to Campy high flange record hubs and fiamme red label rims. The spoke surface is slightly rusty, and they appear to be nickel or chrome plated (flaking) so I'm interested in cleaning them up and after some advice on the best way to do that. So suggestions please.. Thanks, Geoff Osborne

(in a hot and humid Brisbane, Austrlalia. Ah, summer, ride early and muck about with bikes during the heat of the day...)